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Apr 30 2016

Hindu and Jain Saints Converge at Ujjain Kumbha Mela

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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Junapeethadheswar Pujya Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj met with revered #Jain Saints Shri Ramesh Muniji and Shri Suresh Muniji during the Simhasth Kumbh Mahaparv – 2016. They discussed various issues including the pollution of our #freshwater sources and our sacred #rivers in the form of sewage and industrial waste as well as unsafe sanitary practices such as #opendefecation. They discussed how the #Ujjain #KumbhaMela is a platform by which people could be inspired to reconnect with nature and inspired to protect their fresh water...

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Apr 28 2016

Protecting Our Environment Key to Sustainable Green Simhasth

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After gracing the seventh day of Pujya Morari Bapuji’s Katha, Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati led the Kshipra Aarti at the #DattGhat, opposite the #RamGhat, inspiring thousands to pledge on both sides of the sacred river to work to end open defecation and keep our rivers free-flowing and unpolluted. Later in the evening, the Ganga Action Parivar’s Vrindavan chapter, led by Swami Parmadvaitiji, also known as the Vrindavan Act Now group, performed a very inspiring skit on the need to drama on the need to protect Mother Earth and our sacred rivers...

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Apr 27 2016

Hon’ble Shivrajji leads Green pledge During 1st Kshipra Aarti

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Honb’le Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhanji, with the inspiration of Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, with the blessings and in the divine presence of Junapeethadheswar Acharya Mahamandleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj, renowned Ram Charit Manas exponent Pujya Morari bapu Akhada Committee’s Secretary Pujya Swami Hari Giriji Maharaj, Pujya Swami Harichetanandji Maharaj, Pujya Mahamandleshwar Sadhvi Naisargika Giriji and Pujya Raghumuniji Maharaj inaugurated the Maha Kshipra Aarti. Thousands of devotees gathered on both the sides of the sacred River Kshipra, at Datt Ghat and Ram Ghat to seek blessings from the divine...

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Apr 22 2016

Saints, Sangeet & Sanitation Come Together in Simhastha 2016

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First Day of the Ujjain Kumbha Mela with Pledge to Protect Mother Earth and our Sacred Rivers HH Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, Co-Founder of The Global Interfaith WASH Alliance, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram, together with Head of Juna Akhara HH Pujya Acharya Mahamandeleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giri Ji Maharaj encouraged and inspired renowned classical music singer Pandit Jasrajji, Mela Adhikari of the #Ujjain #KumbhaMela Adhikari Shri Avinash Lavania , lAS, and Ministry of Culture, Government of India Director SCZCC Dr. Piush Kumar as well as many others to take part in...

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Apr 14 2016

Devprayag pledges to work towards a Clean, Green and Serene India

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Devprayag echoes with the collective resolution to build toilets in every household. Renowned folk singer, Shri Narendra Singh Negiji sings for the preservation of Mother Ganga on the auspicious occasion of Baisakhi, the beautiful harvest festival of India, which was celebrated with great enthusiasm. #Devprayag, the beautiful and sacred confluence where the River #Bhagirathi and River #Alakananda merge together to form #Ganga, reverberated with the collective resolution to preserve Mother Nature, as thousands gathered and pledged their part in a Swachhta Kranti (Clean Revolution), inspired and initiated by Parmarth Niketan’s President and...

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Apr 07 2016

Inauguration of the ‘Green Simhastha’

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Hon’ble Shivraj Chauhanji gifts a sacred Peepal sapling to Pujya Swamiji District Judges & Advocates also pledge to fill the court premises with greenery “Inauguration of the ‘Green Simhastha’ on the banks of Holy Kshipra with wide-scale tree-plantation drive” – Pujya Swami Chidananda Saraswatiji Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji’s recent visit to the holy land of the upcoming Kumbha Mela in Ujjain was marked by His meeting with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, the state in which the gathering will take place, Shri Shivraj Singh Chauhanji as the latter gifted him a...

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Apr 07 2016

Ujjain Kumbha Mela Welcomes its Saints and Nagas

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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji ‘s recent visit to the holy land of the upcoming Kumbha Mela in Ujjain was marked by His meeting with the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhanji as the latter gifted him a sacred Peepal sapling. He urged Pujya Swamiji to provide his support and enhance public awareness for the ongoing wide and abundant tree plantation program along the banks of Kshipra River. Juna Akharda Head, Pujya Swami Avdeshanand Giriji Maharaj, Pujya Swamiji and the Hon’ble Chief Minister participated in a grand...

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Apr 06 2016

Guru Sangam on the Banks of Ganga

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Improve both internal and external environment for a better world. Ujjain Kumbh Mela – A Guide for State, Society and Saints The Head of the Juna Akhada, Pujya Mahamandleshwar Swami Avdheshanand Giriji Maharaj, Founder of Art of Living Pujya Sri Sri Ravi Shankarji and President of Parmarth Niketan and Co-Founder of the Global Interfaith WASH Alliance Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji (Pujya Swamiji) met to discuss various pertinent social, national and international issues. Pujya Swamiji also invited both the saints to come together with many other revered Interfaith Leaders during the Simhastha Kumbh Mela...

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Apr 04 2016

Yamuna Action Parivar Pledges for the Endangered Yamuna

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Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswatiji, President of Parmarth Niketan Ashram (Rishikesh), Founder of Ganga Action Parivar, and eminent kathakar Pujya Acharya Mridul Krishan Shastriji, from Vrindavan, united on the banks of Mother Ganga. The inspired a mass pledge to protect Mother Nature and all water bodies, especially the endangered River Ganga and the River Yamuna. Their time together was infused with beautiful chants of Radhe-Radhe, ecstatic singing and divine Ganga Aarti. They also had detailed discussions on working together as the Yamuna Action Parivar to restore and protect the sacred Yamuna as...

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Mar 27 2016

Dev Prayag Yatra

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On the occasion of #WorldWaterDay we took a beautiful yatra up to Dev Prayag, the confluence of the Alakananda river from Badrinath, Mandakini from Kedarnath and Bhagirathi from Gangotri/Gaumukh into the divine sacred river of Ganga. Dev Prayag is where Ganga is actually formed even though Gaumukh, the source of the Bhagirathi is worshipped as Ganga’s source. We began the evening with a sacred yagna and aarti ceremony and then Pujya Swami Chidanand Saraswati and Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati led us in prayers and pledges to protect and preserve our water,...

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drops of nectar

  • Don't worry so much about giving your children cars. Worry about giving them Sanskaras!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • We must not only light the oil lamp in our temples, but also light the lamp in our own hearts.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Do not wait for miracles. You ARE the miracle! Never forget the miracle of yourself!

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Come to nature, be with nature, and change your nature.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Be happy, be peaceful. Embrace all, include all, exclude none.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Always cultivate an attitude of gratitude.

    - Pujya Swamiji

  • Accept whatever comes as Prasad from God. Whatever He gives us, a hut or a castle, is His divine gift.

    - Pujya Swamiji

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